Automobile-door lock.



1. T. ALLMAND.

AUTOMOBILE DOOR LOCK. A2PL|CA1UON FILED 05c. |3, 19|7.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.-

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J. T. ALLMAND.

AUTOMOBILE DOOR LOCK. APPLICATION FlLEDfli-IKLIB, 917

Paitented Sept. 10, 1918.

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To all whom) it may Concern:

OHN ALLMAITD, F DETROET, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNQIEL CCU TERHSTETQT 1%:

ENG (30., OF DETEUIT, MICHIGAN, 1. COREORATIGIQF 53F? EZEIGH.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Deeember w. 193.7. Serial. Ho. 206,991.

Be it known that I, Joni" T. ALLMAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automobile-DoorLocks, oi

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hardware for automobile bodies and has for its object the combining of a cheap and desirable festening device with a pin tumbler lock or cylinder lock. It has not been the practice to equip the cheaper class of closed automobile bodies with door locks for the reesonthat eliicient locks heretofore available for this purpose have been thought to be too expensive'and therefore unwarranted; The hardware that I have designed can be made for application to an automobile body when built or it may be very easily applied by one after the car has been in use. v

In the drawings,- Figure l is eside elevation of a. closed oar showing how the hardware is applied.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view-showing how the lock hardware is assembled.

Fig '3 is a rear elevation of the loclt escutcheon and housing. l v

Fig. 4 shows the opposite ends of'the lost motion connector between the lock and the fastening device.

Fig. 5 is a rear view of the fastening device.

Fig. 6 is an inside elevation of a closed car showing the lock applied. 4 v

Fig- 7 is an elevation of a companionfastoning device to that used or i the cylinder or )in tumbler lock and which is used on the inside of the opposite door.

Fig. 8 is e rear elevation of either of the modifications of fastening devices.

Fig. 9 is a. section of the fastening device shown in Fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is a section on'the line 10-10 of Fig. 2, and which shows the spring ldetent which tends to keop the listening device either open or close v I -Fig. 11 is a section throughthe modified form of fastening device.

The usual cylinder or pin turnblerloclr,

' which has the spring tumblers a and the serrated-edged key b,-1s employed. It is one of the features of this type of look that the key must make a complete revolution beder or in tumbler look and the pintle o fore. it cnn be withdrawn because obviously the tumblers cannot Withdraw to spring it not nece sary to cut a recess in the body oi. the

it is expected to apply the lock to a ho, ready completed and which has it motel anel. Instead of using a.- sliding belt, which the mechanism usually used with it cylinder or pin tumbler lock and which rcquii s inortising both the door posts and the door frame, stening device very siniole in construction and application *is Lil ted. This fastening device comprises simply an escutcheon fund a wing having an integral pintle h pinned into the sleeve 2 F the sleeve and pintle rotate together in the eseijitcheon f as bearing. Fig. 6 shows how the wing can be rotated from o. position parallel the door edge to one transverse of the door edge and over the metal spot which eoi'nprises simply a metal ring with it screw in the opening of the ring. This spot engages with the. wing when the wing is turned to the locked position, and prevents the latch from rattling as the spot can be advanced more or less against the door post by the screw.

, Mention has already been made of the foot that a cylinder or pin tumbler lock will only allow the escape of the key when it is turned through a. complete revolution. fl hewing. of course, turns through only a quarter ot a revolution from one position to the other. Consequently provision has to be mode for three quarters ot'n. turn lost motion. provision has to be made for connec" the end or" the loci: barrel with the 3 the pintle oi'thc fastening device. 'l h motion inhcres in the relations of the on hector to the ends of the barrel of. the c fastening device. The barrel enlarges at its inner end forming the head 76 which has a circula socket at its inner end provided with a quarter segment Z (Fig. 3). The sleeve 2' forms an enlargement of the pintle h and it also is provided with a circular socket in its inner end and this socket is provided with a half segment r-- (Fig. 5). Fig. t shows both ends of the connecting pin a. It will be seen that each end comprises a segmental projection one-quarter of'a circle, designated 0 and 2.

It will be seen that the diameter of the sleeve 2' is equal to the diameter of the enlarged end of the barrel if). The pin a is smaller than either in diameter. Consequently none of the usual cutting to apply a lock to a door and a door post is required.

All thatis required is the boring of a hole slightly ameter and the sleeve At the fI'OIlt'Of this hole slight ofi'set or enlargement is required for the casing of the cylinder or pin tumbler look. No other cutting of either the door or greater in diameter than the di door post is required. This makes the lock both cheap and serves to avoid cutting the door post in jobs where the doorpost is not designed to be cut.

It will be seen from looking at Fig.- 5 that the fasteningdevice escutcheon f is provided with a segmental slot 9 in which the pin 1' attached to the underside of the wing 9 travels so as to limit the turning movement of the wing to one-quarter of a turn. In Figs. .10 and 11 there is illustrated the sections of the fastening device pintles which show .how the pintles are recessed to accommodate thespring and ball detents s. The detent operatin in. the slots 15, t of the escuteheon f 1g. 10) or wing (Fig. 11) tends to retain the wing in either of the extremepositions of the quarter turn so as to keepit from'accidentally being displaced.

' The lockmay be assembled by securing the two escutcheons to the front and rear of the door with the connector intervening between the barrel and the pintle. The connector pin also makes the device adjustable to doors of diflerent thicknesses. The operation of the device is as follows: The key being inserted in the key slot, the spring tumblers all divide at the exterior of the barrel, consequently the barrel may be turned but inasmuch as the: quarter segment Z engages with the quarter segment 0, there is a lost motion of a hall a turn between the barrel end and the connector. Inasmuch as the other end of the connector n has a quarter segment 1) engaging with a half segment m,

the lost motion here is only one-qua ter of a turn, making the total possible lost motion at the two ends of the connectorthreeuar'ters of a turn; Consequently the wing oes not turn either on the looking or the of the enlarged end of the barrelunlocking rotation of the key until the final uarter of the key, the first three-quarters of t e turn being lost -motion. The wing 9 turns onto the spot where it stays by reason of the spring detent until the key is turned to unlock the device.

The modification shown in Figs. 5, 7, 9 and 11 may be provided with a thumb hold 90 and used on the inside of the other door.

What I claimis:

1. In hardware for the purpose specified, the combination of a pin tumbler lock provided with a barrel end having a quarter of a segment on its end, a wing turning through a quarter of a turn from one position to the other and having a pintle'provided with an end having a half segment, and a connecting pin between the ends of the pintle and the barrel having at eachend a quarter of a segment which engages with the segments on the said pintle and barrel ends.

2. In hardware for the purpose specified, the combination of a pin tumbler lock provided with an enlargement at one end forming a circular socket having a quarter segment in it, a fastening device including a wing which turns through a quarter of a turn and'which is provided with a pintle having a sleeve about its innerend, the said pintle and sleeve forming a circular socket with a half segment in the same, and a connecting pin for the barrel and the pintle fitting into the circular sockets in the pintle and barrel ends and having at each end a' quarter segment engaging the segments on the barrel andpintle ends. Q

3. In hardware for the pilrpbse specified, the. combination of a lock, an escutcheon for holding the same, a second escutcheon, a fastening device supported in said second escutcheon in t e form of a wing that turns through part 0 a turn from locked to unlockedposition, and a removable pin separable from both escutcheons and having such a connection with the'lock barrel and the fastening device as to provide lost motion between the same to allow the release of the key.

4. In hardware for the purpose specified, the combination of a lock, an escutcheon for holding the same, a second escutcheon, a fastening device supported in said second escutcheon in the form of a wing that turns through a quarter of a turn from locked to 5. In hardware for the purpose specified,

the combination of a lock, an escutcheon for holding the same, a second escutcheon for location on the opposite side of the door provided with a segmental slot, and fastening devices supported in said second es cntcheon in the form of a Wing that is provided with a pin engaging in said slot to limit the turning movement of the Wing to part of a turn, and a connecting member' separable from at least one of the escutcheons when the same is removed from its position of service, said connecting memberhaving such a relation with the lock barrel and the, fastening device as to provide lost motion ggtween 'the same to allow the release of'the y. 6(In hardware for the purposespecified, the combination of a pin tumbler lock, an escutcheon for holding the same on one side olithe door, a second'escutcheon for holding the same on the opposite side of the door, a fastening device supported in said second escutcheon in the form of a Wing provided With a member that engages with a portion of the escutcheon to limit the turning move ment to a part of a turn, a connecting member for connection between the lock barrel and the fastening device when the two escutcheons are in place and having a lost motion relation to the lock barrel and the fastening'device to allow removal of the key, and a restraining detent at each end of the part turn through which the fastening de- Vice can turn to avoid accidental movement of the fastening device.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my i hand on the 30th day of November, 1917. JOHN T. ALLMAND. 

